Car-coupling



(No Model.)

, G. W. HOOVER.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 302,730. Paten'tqd Ju1yv29, 1&84.

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Umrhn S'rarEs PATENT Urrrea GEORGE WV. HOOVER, OF KElTI-ISBURG,ILLINOIS.

CAR-COUPLING.

FJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,730, dated July29, 1884.

(No model.)

To a,ZZwh0m it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HOOVER, of Keithsburg, in the county ofMercer and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedOar-Goupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention consists in the combination, with a draw-head, of a plateheld above the same and combined with devices for moving it vertically,from which plate a pin or bar for holding the link horizontally and aguide pro-.

ject downward into suitable apertures in the draw-head. In the draw-heada latch is pivoted, which is provided with an outwardly projectingtongue, which holds the above-mentioned plate raised, and permits it todrop-when the latch is tripped by the incoming link.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improvedcarcoupling, showing it in two different positions. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View of the same on. theline as 90, Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the latch.

The draw-head A has a beveled mouth, 13, in its outer end. Near theouter end of the drawhead the vertical pin-aperture O is formed, forreceiving the coupling-pin D, which is passed through an aperture inplate E on the top of the draw-head, and which pin is provided with ahead, D, at its top, which prevents it from dropping through theaperture in the said plate E.

Behind the pin-aperture C an aperture, F, is formed in the top of thedraw-head, for receiving a downwardly-projecting bar, G, havinganenlargement, G, at its lower end, the upper parts of the apertures O andF being united.

Behind the aperture F a vertical aperture, H, is formed, which extendsfrom top to bot tom, and contains a hollow slide, J, projecting downwardfrom the plate E, to which it is fastened. A latch, K, is pivoted on atransverse pin, is, with aperture H, which pin passes through verticalslots 1 in the sides of the slide J.

The latch K is provided with an outwardly-projecting tongue, L. Avertically-sliding rod, M, is held by suitable clips on the end of thecar, and is connected by a chain, N, with the plate E. The inner endsoftwo levers, 0, pivoted in the ends of the car, pass through a verticalslot in the rod M, which rods extend to the sides of the car.

The operation is as follows: If a car is to be coupled, the plate E ofthat draw-head that is to receive the link is raised by pulling up therod M from the top of the car, or by pressing down the outer end of oneof the levers 0. If the plate E is moved, the latch K swings outward andthe tongue L passes into a slot connecting the apertures O and H, andthus holds the plate E, the slide J, the bar G, and the pin D raised.WVhen the link 1? enters, it strikes the tongue L and swings the latch Kinward or backward, and thus permitting the bolt D, the bar G, andtheslide J to drop, the coupling-pin D passing through the link, and thuscoupling the cars. The bar G rests. on the inner end of the link I, andis of sufficient weight to hold the outer end of the link 1? raised, sothat the link will be in a horizontal position. To uncouple the cars,the bar E is raised by pulling upward the rod M, or by lifting the rod Mby means of one of the levers 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent' 1. The combination, with a draw-head, of a verticallymoving plate .above the same, a slide projecting downward from the plateinto an aperture in the draw-head, a coupling-pin held on the saidplate, and a bar held on the said plate and projecting downward from'thesaid plate, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a draw-head, ofa plate above the same, meansfor raising the plate, a slide projecting from the plate into anaperture in the draw-head, a bar projecting from the said plate into anaperture in the draw-head, and a coupling-pin held in the said plate andprojecting downward, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the draw-head A, of the plate E, thecoupling-pin D, the bar G,

and the slide J, provided with vertical slots Z, and the latch K,pivoted in the draw-head, and the latch K, provided with a tongue, L,and provided with an inwardly-projecting tongue,

of the pin k, on which the latch K is pivoted, L, substantially asherein shown and described. IO

substantially as herein shown and described. GEORGE WV. HOOVER. 5 4. Thecombination, with the draw-head A, Witnesses:

of the plate E, slide J for guiding it to move H. W. HUMPHREYs,

vertically, a coupling-pin held in the said plate, WVILL. S. CABEEN.

